Top Democratic fundraiser George Clooney has issued a damning call for Joe Biden to quit the presidential race, hours after senior Democrat Nancy Pelosi swerved questions about whether he should continue.
George Clooney said that the president had won many battles in his career, “but the one battle he cannot win is the fight against time”.
His comments came after Nancy Pelosi, the former House Speaker, joined growing disquiet in the party, saying that time was “running short” for Joe Biden to decide whether to stay in the race against Donald Trump after his disastrous debate.
President Biden has stated, repeatedly, that he is determined to remain as the Democratic party’s candidate and beat Donald Trump in November.
George Clooney wrote in The New York Times that it was “devastating to say it” but the Mr Biden he met at a fundraising event three weeks ago was not the “‘Joe ‘big ****ing deal’ Biden of 2010. He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020.”
“He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate,” the actor said.
The fundraising event, held in Los Angeles, brought in a single-night record of roughly $30 million for the Biden campaign.
“Our party leaders need to stop telling us that 51 million people didn’t see what we just saw.”
“This is about age. Nothing more,” he continued. “We are not going to win in November with this president.”
George Clooney added that his concerns matched those of “every” member of Congress he had spoken to.
Asked to respond, Joe Biden’s campaign referred to a letter the president sent Democrats in Congress that said he was “firmly committed” to his candidacy and beating Donald Trump.
Yet public dissent continues to grow within Joe Biden’s party as he faces scrutiny while hosting the NATO summit in Washington.
Nancy Pelosi, still one of the most powerful Democrats on Capitol Hill, on July 10 appeared to disregard Joe Biden’s insistence that he was determined to continue.
When asked if he should stay in the election race, she told MSNBC’s Morning Joe: “I want him to do whatever he decides to do.”
“It’s up to the president to decide if he’s going to run. We are all encouraging him to make that decision, because time is running short.”
A Biden campaign spokesperson referred to Nancy Pelosi’s comments on July 9, in which she said that she had “always been committed” to the president.
Around a dozen elected Democrats have suggested he abandon his campaign since his June 27 debate with Donald Trump.
On July 9, Michael Bennet of Colorado became the first Democratic senator to publicly dissent.
Although he did not call for Joe Biden to quit outright, he said Donald Trump would win the election, possibly by a “landslide”.
Pat Ryan, a congressman from New York, later wrote on X: “For the good of our country, for my two young kids, I’m asking Joe Biden to step aside.”
Overall support from elected Democrats remains robust, however.
Gavin Newsom, the California governor who was named by George Clooney as a potential replacement, said he was still “all in” with Joe Biden.
The Congressional Black Caucus, a group of roughly 60 politicians, and newer House members like Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, have publicly backed him.
Amal and George Clooney have welcomed their twins – a girl named Ella and a boy named Alexander – on June 6.
The twins were born in London, George Clooney’s publicist said.
“Ella, Alexander and Amal are all healthy, happy and doing fine,” Stan Rosenfield said before joking: “George is sedated and should recover in a few days.”
Amal Clooney’s parents said they were delighted to welcome their grandchildren.
“They are in great health, all is perfect,” Amal Clooney’s father Ramzi Alamuddin, who lives in Beirut, told AFP.
“I am very happy for them, they will be great parents.”
Amal Clooney’s mother Baria, who is in hospital with her daughter, said: “We are over the moon. It was a beautiful delivery. The babies are beautiful and are doing well.”
George Clooney’s wife, Amal, is expecting twins, CBS’s The Talk revealed.
The babies are due in June, according to host Julie Chen.
Another source close to the couple, quoted by People, said they were “very happy”. The Clooneys’ representatives have not yet commented.
George and Mal Clooney married in Venice in 2014 with a star-studded list of guests who included Matt Damon and Bill Murray.
Rumors that they might be expecting began to circulate last month when Amal Clooney, 39, was spotted wearing a loose-fitting dress.
George Clooney, 55, has starred in numerous Hollywood films and has won two Academy Awards.
Amal Clooney, a prominent human rights lawyer, has represented a number of high profile figures, including former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko and Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
George Clooney has arrived in Edinburgh to visit Social Bite cafeteria which helps homeless people.
The Hollywood star is visiting the Social Bite cafe, which donates all its profits to homeless people.
Heather McGowan, 32, from Glasgow, won a competition to meet George Clooney for lunch held at a secret location.
George Clooney will then speak at the Scottish Business Awards at Edinburgh’s international conference center.
The actor will speak in front of a sold-out 2,000-strong audience.
Josh Littlejohn, founder of Social Bite and the Scottish Business Awards, said: “The staff are unbelievably excited about George’s visit. He’s one of the most famous people on the planet and we are looking forward to introducing him to the Social Bite concept.”
Social Bite cafe operates a “suspended” coffee and food program where customers can pay for a hot drink or food for a homeless person.
Last month, it launched what is thought to be the first “selfless” loyalty card, which lets customers feed the homeless. It works by accruing loyalty points to enable the purchase of a free meal and hot drink for a homeless person by customers who have made 10 visits to the cafe.
A quarter of its workforce in the five Social Bite stores across Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen is formerly homeless.
All proceeds from the business awards event, hosted by comedian Rob Brydon, will go towards a range of charities including the Social Bite Fund and Not On Our Watch – a humanitarian charity co-founded by George Clooney with Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and others.
Stephen Colbert has made his debut as CBS’ Late Show host, succeeding David Letterman who retired in May after 33 years.
George Clooney and Republican White House contender Jeb Bush were among Stephen Colbert’s first guests.
The former Colbert Report host opened the show with a sketch, singing the national anthem around the country.
Stephen Colbert also paid tribute to his predecessor David Letterman, calling himself “a fan”.
“We will try to honor his achievement by doing the best show we can and occasionally making the network very mad at us,” he said.
“As long as I have nine months to make one hour of TV, I could do this forever,” Stephen Colbert added.
The comedian played a hardline conservative in his previous show, Comedy Central’s satirical news show The Colbert Report, but he appeared as himself for his mainstream debut.
Stephen Colbert presented his first guest George Clooney with a belated wedding gift for his marriage last year to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin – a Tiffany paperweight inscribed with the phrase: “I don’t know you.”
He also binged on a bag of Oreo cookies as he made jokes about Donald Trump, who recently vowed never to eat Oreos again after makers Nabisco Inc said it was opening a new plant in Mexico.
Fellow late-night TV figures also wished him well – including NBC rival Jimmy Fallon who said: “Have a good show, buddy. See you in the locker room.”
The broadcast ended with Stephen Colbert singing with his new house band, led by Jon Batiste, in a cover of Sly and the Family Stone’s Everyday People.
They were joined by Mavis Staples, Aloe Blacc, Ben Folds and Buddy Guy, amongst others.
In a recent interview with CBS’ Charlie Rose, George Clooney revealed that his proposal to Amal Alamuddin was a total surprise for the bride-to-be.
The 54-year-old actor said: “When I asked her, we had never talked about it, so it was all – there wasn’t like a, <<Maybe we should get married>>.
“Literally, I dropped it on her.”
He also revealed he had a little help popping the question from his late aunt, legendary singer Rosemary Clooney.
“I was at my home and I queued up a playlist of some of my aunt Rosemary’s songs and I asked, and she just kept saying, <<Oh my God>> and <<Wow>> – completely unexpected,” George Clooney said.
“And you know, I just said, I’m 53 at the time … <<I’ve been on my knee now for 28 minutes so I gotta get an answer out of this ’cause I’m gonna throw a hip out. I might not be able to stand back up>>.”
George Clooney married the 37-year-old human rights lawyer in September 2014 in Venice, Italy.
An Iranian court has ordered the closure of Mardom e-Emruz (Today’s People) newspaper after publishing a picture of George Clooney wearing a badge backing French magazine Charlie Hebdo, which was attacked last week.
The Mardom e-Emruz newspaper ran a picture of the actor headlined “I’m Charlie too”.
Conservative elements in Teheran were incensed by a catchphrase they regard as “anti-Islamic”.
Charlie Hebdo has published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, which many Muslims see as an offensive act.
The cover of Charlie Hebdo‘s latest edition, published after the attack in which 12 people were killed, featured a cartoon of the Prophet weeping while holding a sign saying “I am Charlie”.
Seven million copies of the edition are being printed in view of extraordinary demand, distributors announced on January 17.
“The court in charge of cultural affairs and the media imposed the ban on the newspaper for publishing a headline and a picture which it deemed insulting,”Mardom-e Emrouz director Ahmad Sattari told the Irna news agency.
The newspaper was only in its first month of publication, but that its political position was seen as close to that of Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani.
The court’s ruling is pending a final decision due later, but is unlikely to be overturned.
George Clooney’s new wife, Amal Alamuddin, has professionally changed her last name to Clooney.
Her London law firm’s website, Doughty Street Chambers, now shows a stunning photo of the newlywed and her bio reads “Amal Clooney”.
The 36-year-old human rights lawyer and George Clooney married in a lavish ceremony in Venice, Italy, over the weekend of September 27 at the seven-star Amana Canal Grande hotel.
On Doughty Street Chambers’ website now Amal Alamuddin’s bio reads Amal Clooney (photo Doughty Street Chambers)
George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin exchanged vows in front A-lists guests including Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Bill Murray, Cindy Crawford and more.
Nine days after becoming husband and wife, George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin closed a deal on a dream home, The Mill House, which is a 17th-century manor on the River Thames in the British countryside.
George Clooney’s wife, Amal Alamuddin, bought him two cocker spaniels for a wedding gift.
Amal Alamuddin – who also gave her new husband customized cufflinks inscribed with his first name in Arabic ahead of their recent nuptials in Venice, Italy – reportedly surprised him with the new puppies during their honeymoon in Berkshire.
George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin tied the knot last month in Venice (photo People magazine)
A source told Us Weekly magazine: “Amal bought George two three-month-old cocker spaniels for George as a wedding gift, and they were waiting for them at the house.
“One of them is really frisky and has to be kept on a leash. George loves them both!”
George Clooney, 53, who already has a cocker spaniel mix named Einstein adopted from a pet shelter, and Amal Alamuddin, 36, have barely left their new, secluded $8 million mansion since tying the knot.
The insider revealed a catering company delivers them meals for lunch and dinner every day, but “breakfast ,they do themselves.”
Amal Alamuddin reportedly quit smoking after she started dating George Clooney.
Amal Alamuddin’s decision to adopt a healthier lifestyle comes as no surprise, as George previously admitted he is “a big non-smoker”.
Amal Alamuddin reportedly quit smoking after she started dating George Clooney (photo AFP)
While promoting Good Night, and Good Luck in 2005, George Clooney told Interview magazine: “My grandparents back in Kentucky owned a tobacco farm. So to make money in the summer we could cut and chop and top and house and strip the tobacco. It sure made you not want to smoke.”
The actor added: “You know I had 10 great aunts and uncles on my father’s side, and six of them died of lung cancer. Rosemary [George Clooney’s aunt] died of lung cancer, too, and she had emphysema. Both of my grandparents died of lung cancer. So I got quite a lesson in the payback later in life of smoking, and if you keep it up how bad it can be. “
George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin’s marriage has been sealed with a civil ceremony in Venice on September 29.
George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin went by boat to the city hall building where the brief procedure was conducted.
At the weekend, a host of famous guests including Matt Damon and Bill Murray attended a lavish wedding reception for the couple.
George Clooney’s publicist broke the news of their nuptials in a brief statement to the press on Saturday.
The couple emerged from the town hall some 10 minutes after their arrival and were whisked away in a water taxi, surrounded by other boats and watched by well-wishers.
George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin’s marriage has been sealed with a civil ceremony in Venice (photo AP)
George Clooney was dressed in a charcoal grey suit, while Amal Alamuddin wore a smart-casual white outfit and a wide-brimmed sunhat.
At city hall, George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin were officially married under Italian law by former mayor of Rome Walter Veltroni, a long-time friend of the film star.
Earlier in the day, he was seen getting ready for the ceremony at the Hotel Cipriani, where the wedding party have been staying.
George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin were engaged in April.
The actor was previously married to Talia Balsam, who he divorced in 1993.
Lebanese-born British lawyer Amal Alamuddin has defended Julian Assange of WikiLeaks and former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko among others.
Amal Alamuddin met George Clooney through her work.
George Clooney is to receive Cecil B. DeMille honorary award at Golden Globes 2015.
Organizers said the actor, director and producer would be given its Cecil B. DeMille award for “his outstanding contributions both in front of and behind the camera”.
George Clooney, 53, was being recognized “as much for his global humanitarian efforts as he is for his accomplishments in the entertainment industry,” the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) said.
George Clooney will receive Cecil B. DeMille honorary award at Golden Globes 2015
The Golden Globes awards ceremony take place on January 11, 2015.
Recent recipients of the DeMille award, named after the famed producer of The Ten Commandments, include Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Jodie Foster and late actor Robin Williams.
Woody Allen was honored at this year’s event, though the actor and director did not travel to Los Angeles to collect his accolade.
George Clooney is no stranger to the Golden Globes, having been previously honored by the HFPA for his performances in The Descendants, O Brother Where Art Thou and Syriana.
George Clooney is expected to tie the knot shortly with human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin.
George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin obtained their marriage license in London at Chelsea Town Hall, Us Weekly reported.
George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin obtained their marriage license in London (photo Getty Images)
On the license, which was first posted by Dlisted.com, George Clooney’s name reads as George Timothy Clooney while his lawyer love’s is listed as Amal Ramzi Alamuddin.
In London, the marriage licenses are apparently announced on a piece of paper behind a glass cover outside the town hall for all to see.
George Clooney and Lebanon-born Amal Alamuddin, who got engaged in April, are reportedly set to have a fall wedding.
George Clooney, 53, was married to actress Talia Balsam from 1989 to 1993.
George Clooney is to wed his girlfriend, lawyer Amal Alamuddin, her law firm has confirmed.
“The barristers and staff of Doughty Street Chambers offer their best wishes and congratulations… on their engagement to be married,” the London firm said in a statement.
George Clooney, 52, and Amal Alamuddin, 36, have been dating since last October, according to reports.
George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin have been dating since last October (photo Getty Images)
The actor was previously married to Talia Balsam, whom he divorced in 1993.
Since then, George Clooney has been seen as one of Hollywood’s most eligible bachelors.
Amal Alamuddin was educated at Oxford and New York University and was recruited by her current firm in 2010.
The British human rights lawyer has represented WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in extradition proceedings and advised UN former secretary-general Kofi Annan on the Syrian crisis.
Doughty Street chief executive Robin Jackson said Amal Alamuddin had been “utterly wonderful” since she joined the firm in 2010.
A fluent French and Arabic speaker, Amal Alamuddin is said to have spent time with George Clooney in New York, Tanzania and the Seychelles.
Speculation that George Clooney was planning to remarry escalated over the weekend after his girlfriend was seen wearing a ring on her wedding finger at a Los Angeles restaurant.
George Clooney recently popped the question to girlfriend Amal Alamuddin, a source close to the couple has confirmed to People magazine.
“George and Amal are trying to keep things very low-key but they also aren’t really trying to hide this, it doesn’t seem. I think it’s like they want the people they love to know that this is real, that they plan on being together forever,” the source told the publication.
George Clooney recently popped the question to girlfriend Amal Alamuddin
On Thursday, George Clooney, 52, and 36-year-old Amal Alamuddin, a British attorney who specializes in international law and human rights, were spotted dining at trendy eatery Nobu in Malibu, alongside Cindy Crawford and husband Rande Gerber, a longtime friend of Clooney’s. Engagement rumors flew after witnesses at the restaurant noted that Amal Alamaddin was wearing quite the diamond sparkler on her ring finger.
On Friday, a George Clooney rep addressed the rumor mill, saying: “I don’t comment on my client’s personal life.”
George Clooney has had many high-profile romances, including ones with Stacy Keibler, Kelly Preston, Renee Zellwegger and Elisabetta Canalis, during his decades in the limelight. He was also married to actress Talia Balsam from 1989 to1993.
George Clooney pranked his father at a screening of his new movie The Monuments Men by suggesting the old man had passed on in the credits.
Journalist Nick Clooney, 80, plays George Clooney’s war hero character as an older man in the film and features in the movie’s final shot.
George Clooney couldn’t resist poking fun at his father’s age as the dedications rolled at the end of the screening.
George Clooney pranked his father at a screening of his new movie The Monuments Men by suggesting the old man had passed on in the credits
The actor told Access Hollywood Live: “I did a really horrible thing to him when we screened the movie … He came to the house in Italy and I was working on the rough cut of the film and the movie has my father walking away into this beautiful light in this church … and it goes to black and the first thing that comes up is, <<In loving memory of Nick Clooney>>.
“He’s looking and he says, <<What the hell?>> I said, <<Well, it’s a long time until the movie comes out, it’s easier to take it away. <<He didn’t think that was funny at all>>.”
Space thriller Gravity has held on to the top of the US and Canadian box office for a third week.
Sandra Bullock’s 3D thriller, co-starring George Clooney, took $31 million according to figures from Rentrak.
Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks, stayed in second place, taking $17.3 million in its second week.
WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange, had 2013’s worst debut weekend so far, taking just $1.7 million.
Julian Assange, who founded whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, had claimed Disney’s film would be a failure. Last week, an email he wrote to Cumberbatch urging him not to take part in the project was released online.
Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuaron and starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts stranded in space, has now made more than $170 million in three weeks.
IMAX screenings have proved particularly popular because of the film’s groundbreaking visuals, accounting for $38 million in ticket sales, with 82% of audiences opting for 3D showings.
Warner Brothers’ Jeffrey Goldstein has attributed the film’s success to “phenomenal word of mouth”.
Gravity has held on to the top of the US and Canadian box office for a third week
Paul Greengrass’s true story-based Somali pirate drama Captain Philips also held off newcomer Carrie. The horror remake, starring Kick-Ass actress Chloe Grace Moretz, took third place, with $17 million.
The original 1976 film, based on Stephen King’s novel, saw Oscar nominations for actresses Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie.
Family favorite, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2, was in fourth after taking $10.1 million in its fourth week.
Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new action film Escape Plan rounded off the top five with $9.8 million.
In a limited release of just 19 cinemas, Steve McQueen’s Oscar-tipped slavery epic 12 Years a Slave, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, opened with a promising $960,000.
North American box office Top 5:
1. Gravity – $31 million
2. Captain Phillips – $17.3 million
3. Carrie – $17 million
4. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs – $10.1 million
George Clooney and Sandra Bullock’s new movie Gravity has shot straight to the top of the US box office in its opening weekend.
According to early estimates, Gravity took $55.55 million over the weekend, making it the biggest October opening since records began.
George Clooney and Sandra Bullock’s new movie Gravity has shot straight to the top of the US box office in its opening weekend
The figure also ensured it was the biggest opening for a film starring Sandra Bullock or George Clooney.
Gravity, set almost entirely in space, is directed by Alfonso Cuaron.
George Clooney and Sandra Bullock play an astronaut and a medical engineer who work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.
Last week’s number one, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, dropped into second slot with $21.5 million.
Based on a children’s book, the first film – Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs – was a breakout hit for Sony Animation in 2009.
The sequel is an original story, in which inventor Flint Lockwood must save the day after one of his inventions malfunctions, creating food-animal creatures, or animals made of food, that overtake the region of Swallow Falls.
Runner Runner, starring Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake, opened in third place taking just $7.6 million.
The crime thriller follows Justin Timberlake as a graduate student who goes to Costa Rica to confront an online gambling tycoon played by Ben Affleck, who swindles him.
Former number one Prisoners, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman, slipped from second place to fourth.
Formula One movie Rush, which depicts the rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda, took fifth spot.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut, Don Jon, was next in sixth place.
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney have previously been subject to speculation about whether their relationship has ever crossed the line into romance.
Last week the rumor mill went into overdrive as George Clooney and Sandra Bullock attended the 70th Venice Film Festival together to promote their new film Gravity.
Whilst male and female co-stars are usually fairly affectionate when posing together on the red carpet, a series of intimate shots led to speculation that romance was definitely bubbling between the co-stars.
Newly single George Clooney, who recently split from his wrestler turned model girlfriend Stacy Keibler, was snapped on more than one occasion staring at Sandra Bullock somewhat like a love sick puppy.
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney have previously been subject to speculation about whether their relationship has ever crossed the line into romance
George Clooney’s body language only served to inflame the rumors as he kept leaning into Sandra Bullock and tending to her every need, at one point even affectionately mopping her brow.
This led to claims that George Clooney, 52, was “making eyes” at his long time friend.
Sandra Bullock was quick to shoot down the rumors telling Associated Press, “He was not making eyes. Maybe cross eyes but that’s the extent of his goggle eyes.”
The actress explained that the pair had known each other long enough to have enough “dirt” on each other to command a deep level of “respect and understanding”.
Despite not having romantic feelings for George Clooney, Sandra Bullock professed her deep affection for him saying: “I adore George.”
Meanwhile incorrigible bachelor George Clooney released a statement through Warner Brothers confirming the platonic nature of his relationship with Sandra Bullock saying: “We are just friends. We have known each other before either of us had success in films so there is no pretense.”
George Clooney is reportedly splitting from girlfriend Stacy Keibler after they celebrated Independence Day separately.
The Sunday People claims George Clooney, who hasn’t been seen in public with Stacy Keibler for three months, called time on the relationship.
A source told the publication: “It’s not like George and Stacy couldn’t find time to get together if they really wanted to. George is quietly backing away from the relationship.
“It’s always the same. As soon as he feels a woman is getting too close he pulls back.”
Rumors started circulating that George Clooney and girlfriend Stacy Keibler are on the rocks even more this week as they spent July 4 apart.
George Clooney, 52, sent tongues wagging when he was pictured without Stacy Keibler celebrating July 4th with pals in Lake Como.
George Clooney hasn’t been seen in public with Stacy Keibler for three months
However, insiders close to the actor have denied any suggestion that the pair are no longer together.
While the actor was seen running to get on a boat to the Villa d’Este with friends, Stacy Keibler was with friends in Malibu.
Stacy Keibler posted pictures on her Instagram that showed her having a good time in Malibu, and seemed to make no mention of George Clooney.
A source toldRadarearlier in the week: “She isn’t in Italy because she is working and shooting in New York and then doing a ton of press for her new show which launches on July 22.”
But the couple haven’t been pictured together since early March this year.
In May, George Clooney hit back at allegations that he was holding another woman’s hand on a night out in London.
The claims come in the face of rumors that the actor’s relationship with long term girlfriend Stacy Keibler is over.
In Touch reported that George Clooney was spotted holding the hand of his former flame and stunning Croatian model Monika Jakisic at Loulou’s members-only club in Mayfair, London.
George Clooney has been dating Stacy Keibler for just over a year and a half, and met just a month after the actor broke up with Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis.
Sci-fi film Gravity, starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, is to open the 2013 Venice Film Festival in August.
The 3D movie, directed by Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron, sees George Clooney and Sandra Bullock as astronauts on an ill-fated mission.
Alfonso Cuaron’s Y tu mama tambien won two awards at the festival in 2001 – best scenario and best young male talent for actors Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna.
The gala on the Venice Lido runs from 28 August to 7 September.
Sci-fi film Gravity, starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, is to open the 2013 Venice Film Festival in August
Last Tango in Paris director Bernardo Bertolucci – whose debut film, The Grim Reaper, showed at the festival in 1962 – will lead the jury for this year’s Golden Lion for best film.
US director William Friedkin, best known for his films The French Connection and The Exorcist, will also receive a lifetime achievement award.
He described the festival as his “spiritual home”, adding he would accept the honorary prize “with gratitude and love”.
Alfonso Cuaron’s film features George Clooney and Sandra Bullock as astronauts attempting to return to Earth after debris crashes into their space shuttle, leaving them drifting alone in orbit.
The rest of the festival line-up is yet to be announced, but films being tipped to be screened include Under the Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson as an alien and Twelve Years a Slave, the latest film from British director Steve McQueen starring Brad Pitt, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender.
George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio have sparked record sales for diet supplement Meratol, with men making up nearly 75% of buyers for the first time.
Meratol has sold a staggering 25,000 bottles of its diet pill in the UK in the last two months since it was revealed that George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio were among celebrity fans.
For the first time in Meratol 6-year history, there are more male purchasers than women, who account for 74% of total sales.
Meratol, made from a cocktail of herbal ingredients including cactus leaves, prickly pear and seaweed, claim to speed up metabolism to burn fat while suppressing appetite.
Female celebrity fans include actress Eva Longoria and the diet supplement has been promoted by Lauren Goodger.
It is the Clooney Effect which is believed to have sparked the sudden sales surge to men recently as they look to shed those post-Christmas pounds.
A Meratol spokesman said: “We usually see a ration of around 55:45 women to men purchasing our slimming aids.
“For the first time in six years we can report a significant change in buying patterns with male customers being our primary customer.
“It has been reported recently that two thirds of British men are overweight so there is an increased awareness among them in actively taking action to lose weight.
“Women are already aware of such products but when you get fans like George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio, it helps raise their profile to a whole new audience of men.”
Meratol, made from a cocktail of herbal ingredients including cactus leaves, prickly pear and seaweed, claim to speed up metabolism to burn fat while suppressing appetite
Meratol claims to help shift between 3 and 5 pounds a week and was used by Lauren Goodger to shed her excess weight.
Lauren Goodger said: “I’ve taken a lot of herbal diet tablets and some can make you feel a bit shaky but on Meratol I don’t feel any different. It helps you burn fat and suppresses your appetite.”
Dubbed a “turbo weight loss” supplement, each Meratol tub contains 60 pills, enough for a month’s use, and is available from the website, meratol.com.
Elisabetta Canalis almost gave onlookers in Milan more than they bargained for after her ample assets almost spilled out of her top.
Elisabetta Canalis was enjoying a night out in the Italian city wearing a stylish black outfit.
But the TV presenter almost caused a stir after stepping out of the car with her cleavage in full show.
Luckily, Elisabetta Canalis managed to compose herself and seemed relaxed during her evening stroll.
She even managed to find some time for shopping, and was spotted with a shopping bag carrying a no doubt pricey purchase.
Elisabetta Canalis almost gave onlookers in Milan more than they bargained for after her ample assets almost spilled out of her top
After Elisabetta Canalis took off her jacket, she almost suffered a second wardrobe malfunction.
Cheekily blowing a kiss to photographers, the tight backless dress seemed to offer no support as her bosom threatened to spill out once more.
However, George Clooney’s ex once again composed herself and continued cutting a stylish figure during her walk.
Elisabetta Canalis split from George Clooney in 2011, and also ended her relationship to Jackass star Steve O earlier this year.
In a recent interview with Italian Max magazine, Elisabetta Canalis said of her time with Steve O: “I thought he was crazy, but he’s much more sensible to me.”
She told Max magazine she is now based in California to further her acting career.
Elisabetta Canalis added: “I live in LA because I want to make it as an actress in America. I am based there, but if they call me in Italy, I take a plane and come.”
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This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
